MATCH THREA: " BIRMINGHAM CITY v CARDIFF CITY " MATCH THREAD

BIRMINGHAM CITY v CARDIFF CITY
Saturday 11th December, 3pm
Sky Bet Championship
St Andrews 



Cardiff City: Alex Smithies, Perry Ng, Mark McGuinness, Aden Flint, Curtis Nelson, Ryan Giles
Joe Ralls (Capt) Marlon Pack, Rubin Colwill, James Collins, Kieffer Moore

Subs: Dillon Phillips, Ciaron Brown, Oliver Denham, Will Vaulks
Leandro Bacuna, Isaak Davies, Mark Harris






STEVE MORISON:



Team news:


“Everyone is fine. Rubin was on the bench because I left him out and Kieffer has trained all week and is OK. Sean Morison is out because he is suspended and Sam Bowen and Isaac Vassell are still injured.”




Birmingham midfielders Ryan Woods and Gary Gardner are to serve the final part of their respective three and four-match suspensions, while Tahith Chong is also set to sit out due to a groin injury.




Cardiff City have an allocation of 2,000 tickets and are on sale


Tuesday 10th December 2021

1,560 tickets sold by Cardiff fans for Birmingham City away this Saturday 3pm

440 tickets still available.



TEAM NEWS:

Sean Morrison suspended for red card.


Isaac Vassell and Sam Bowen remain long-term absentees, with Sam Bowen now out injured until at least January.



Can I stream or watch the match on TV?

This match is live on Cardiff City TV outside of the UK.

The Opposition's Manager - Lee Bowyer

Bowyer has been in charge of Birmingham since March, having also played for them between 2009 and 2011.

He had previously been manager of Charlton Athletic for over three years.

Opposition Dangerous Players  

Troy Deeney and Scott Hogan have nine league goals between them this season.

Ex-Cardiff City players Neil Etheridge and Dion Sanderson are likely to feature.

Previous Meeting  

We won 4-0 at Birmingham in May

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Birmingham City: Etheridge, Graham, Sanderson, Roberts, Pedersen, Bela, Sunjic, McGree, James, Hogan, Deeney

Cardiff City: Smithies, Ng, McGuinness, Flint, Nelson, Giles, Ralls, Pack, Harris, Davies, Collins

Form - Last Three Games

Millwall 3-1 Birmingham City
Birmingham City 1-0 Blackpool
Coventry City 0-0 Birmingham City

Cardiff City 2-3 Sheffield United
Luton Town 1-2 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 0-1 Hull City

Match Odds

Birmingham City - 23/20
Cardiff City - 12/5
Draw - 23/10

Predictions

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TEAM NEWS:


Isaac Vassell and Sam Bowen remain long-term absentees, with Sam Bowen now out injured until at least January.

I can see either a Cardiff win or at worst a draw

Cardiff City have an allocation of 2,000 tickets and are on sale

December 2021



UPDATED:

‘’Derby County 21 points deducted / Down and out in My View:

‘Reading 6 points deducted and fighting for every point.

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New Manager Steve Morison




Sat Oct 30 Stoke City 3 Cardiff City 3 Crowd 21,413. Away Support ( 927)

Wed Nov 3 Cardiff City 0 Queens Park Rangers 1 Crowd 16,882 Away Support (667)


Sat Nov 6 Cardiff City 2 Huddersfield Town 1 Crowd 17,355. Away Support ( 535)



Sat Nov 20 Preston North End 1 Cardiff City 2 Crowd 10,739 Away Support ( 930 )

Wed Nov 24 Cardiff City 0 Hull City 1 Crowd Away Support

Sat Nov 27 Luton Town 1 Cardiff City 2 Crowd 9,987 Away Support ( 1,032)


Sat Dec 4 Cardiff City 2 Sheffield United 3 Crowd Away Support ( 1,250)


Sat Dec 11 Birmingham City v Cardiff City


Sat Dec 18 Derby County H Now 12:30pm

Sun Dec 26 Coventry City H

Thursday 7:45pm Dec 29 A.F.C. Bournemouth A

Sunday 2pm Jan 2 West Bromwich Albion A

Sean Morrison suspended for sending off.

Both reams need to hit back after disappointing results this weekend.

On paper Birmingham look a lot stronger than us but our young guys are improving. It will be a good test of their mental strength this game.

Updated:

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Birmingham City hit by Covid



Saturday's opponents Birmingham City have been hit by an outbreak of Covid in their camp.

Manager Lee Bowyer revealed that members of his coaching staff were kept away from the training ground last week and missed the weekend's defeat at Millwall.

“They have all had Covid,” Bowyer explained. “They share an office, two of them share driving, so four of them have been off all week. I had to borrow Craig (Gardner) this week because I was on my own.”

One bonus to emerge from the defeat at The Den was the return of former Bluebirds keeper Neil Etheridge.

The keeper was making his first league start since his summer hospitalisation after contracting coronavirus.

The 31-year-old had featured in the League Cup and under-23 matches, but with first-choice stopper Matija Sarkic out with a hamstring injury, Etheridge deputised and did OK.

He may well keep the jersey for the clash at St Andrew's.

Birmingham next up on Saturday, here's a team of players that have lined up for both the Blues and the Bluebirds.

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1,560 tickets sold by Cardiff fans for Birmingham City away this Saturday 3pm

440 tickets still available.

STEVE MORISON:


Team news

“Everyone is fine. Rubin was on the bench because I left him out and Kieffer has trained all week and is OK. Sean Morison is out because he is suspended and Sam Bowen and Isaac Vassell are still injured.”

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STEVE MORISON:

Team news:


“Everyone is fine. Rubin was on the bench because I left him out and Kieffer has trained all week and is OK. Sean Morison is out because he is suspended and Sam Bowen and Isaac Vassell are still injured.”

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Birmingham midfielders Ryan Woods and Gary Gardner are to serve the final part of their respective three and four-match suspensions, while Tahith Chong is also set to sit out due to a groin injury.

What are the latest betting odds?

Birmingham win - 11/8

Draw - 23/10


Cardiff win 2 / 1

Sue Match facts

Birmingham have picked up one point in their last five league matches against Cardiff (D1 L4), drawing 1-1 in January 2020.



Cardiff are looking to win consecutive away league games against Birmingham for the first time since September 1927.




Birmingham have picked up nine points from their last four home Championship games (L1), as many as they had accumulated in their previous nine league games at St. Andrews (W2 D3 L4).



Only Blackpool (9) have gained more points from losing positions in away games in the Championship this season than Cardiff (8).




No side has kept more clean sheets in the Championship this season than Birmingham (10), with half those clean sheets coming in the last nine games.

Good that neither Vaulks or Bacuna start but he’s gone for Collins instead of either Harris or Davies.

Cardiff City: Alex Smithies, Perry Ng, Mark McGuinness, Aden Flint, Curtis Nelson, Ryan Giles
Joe Ralls (Capt) Marlon Pack, Rubin Colwill, James Collins, Kieffer Moore

Subs: Dillon Phillips, Ciaron Brown, Oliver Denham, Will Vaulks
Leandro Bacuna, Isaak Davies, Mark Harris

Collins tries to get behind the defence early on, but the flag is up.

Nice intervention from Nelson to snuff out a pass to Deeney on the edge of the box. Drives forward and tries to thread one in for Moore, but it's too hard.

Moore tries to pick out Collins with a cross moments later, but the latter can't get a touch on it.

Moore throwing himself about well early on.

Sends Sanderson clattering into Steve Morison on the touchline with a solid challenge.

Giles fizzes a low ball across goal moments later, but it evades a Cardiff man.

Moore throwing himself about well early on.

Sends Sanderson clattering into Steve Morison on the touchline with a solid challenge.

Giles fizzes a low ball across goal moments later, but it evades a Cardiff man.

The whole ground is on its feet to applaud Arthur Labinjo-Hughes.

Birmingham win a corner.

Corner is headed away by Moore, but Birmingham win another after McGree's cross is deflected behind.

It's whipped in, but the hosts are penalised for a foul.

Collins gets away down the right and plays a low pass for Moore, but the ball is just behind him.

He tees up an onrushing Ralls on the edge of the area. Blocked.

Flint heads the corner into the gorund and into the arms of the keeper, with Collins lurking.

Moore lets fly on the edge of the box.

It takes a deflection and blazes high and wide.

Corner comes to nothing.

Giles plays a one-two with Collins on the left and wins a corner.